Allow JavaScript on this page to see the solutions.
Problem 1
white Qh1 Pg4 Bd2 Rf1d6 Ke8
black Pg3c5h6g6e6 Ke5 Ra1 Bb8
Lazar Borisovich ZalkindDie Schachwelt, 1912
Show solution
1.Rf1-f6 ! threat:
2.Rf6*e6 #
1...Ke5*d6
2.Bd2-f4 #
1...Ke5*f6
2.Qh1*a1 #
1...Bb8*d6
2.Bd2-c3 #
Problem 2
white Ba6 Ka5 Qb6 Ph3f6 Sd4f7 Rf5
black Bh7 Ke4 Qg8 Pf3 Sd7 Rd8
Konrad ErlingerTidskrift för Schack, 1912
Show solution
1.Sd4-e2 ! threat:
2.Sf7-d6 #
1...Ke4*f5
2.Ba6-d3 #
1...Sd7*b6
2.Rf5-e5 #
1...Sd7-c5
2.Rf5-e5 #
1...Sd7-e5
2.Rf5*e5 #
1...Sd7*f6
2.Qb6-e6 #
2.Rf5-e5 #
1...Sd7-f8
2.Rf5-e5 #
1...Sd7-b8
2.Qb6-e6 #
2.Rf5-e5 #
1...Bh7*f5
2.Qb6-d4 #
1...Qg8*f7
2.Se2-g3 #
1...Qg8-g3
2.Se2*g3 #
1...Qg8-f8
2.Se2-g3 #
Problem 3
white Bc1 Kb5 Qc6 Pe3b6 Sg3d5 Rf1a5
black Qd4 Pf6 Sa1g7 Rg8 Ke5
Cyril Stanley KippingNottinghamshire Gdn, 1912
Show solution
1.Sd5-f4 ! threat:
2.Sf4-g6 #
1...Qd4-b2 +
2.Bc1*b2 #
1...Qd4*e3
2.Qc6-d5 #
1...Qd4*b6 +
2.Kb5*b6 #
1...Qd4-c5 +
2.Qc6*c5 #
1...Qd4-d3 +
2.Sf4*d3 #
1...Qd4-a4 +
2.Kb5*a4 #
1...Qd4-b4 +
2.Kb5*b4 #
1...Qd4-c4 +
2.Kb5*c4 #
1...Qd4-d6
2.Qc6-e4 #
1...Qd4-d5 +
2.Qc6*d5 #
1...Qd4*f4
2.Kb5-a6 #
1...Qd4-e4
2.Qc6-c7 #
1...Sg7-e6
2.Qc6*e6 #
1...Sg7-f5
2.Qc6-e6 #
1...Sg7-h5
2.Qc6-e6 #
1...Sg7-e8
2.Qc6-e6 #
Problem 4
white Qf2 Sc3d8 Bb6 Kh6
black Sb8 Pe2g5f6f7 Rd2e7 Bh2d3 Ke5
Cyril Stanley KippingManchester City News, 1912
Show solution
1.Kh6-g7 ! threat:
2.Qf2*f6 #
1...Bh2-f4
2.Qf2-c5 #
1...Bd3-f5
2.Qf2*h2 #
1...Ke5-d6
2.Qf2-d4 #
1...f6-f5
2.Qf2-d4 #
1...Re7-e6
2.Sd8*f7 #
1...Sb8-d7
2.Bb6-c7 #
Problem 5
white Qe5 Ke7 Rh8 Sd7 Bb8
black Pg7b7a7 Se2 Rh1e1 Ka8
Erwin VoellmyBasel Solving Tourney, 1913
Show solution
1.Qe5-h2 ! threat:
2.Bb8-e5 #
1...Re1-c1
2.Bb8-c7 #
1...Re1-f1
2.Bb8-f4 #
1...Rh1-f1
2.Bb8-f4 #
1...Rh1*h2
2.Bb8*h2 #
1...Se2-f4 +
2.Bb8-e5 #
1...a7-a6
2.Sd7-b6 #
1...b7-b6
2.Qh2-g2 #
Thanks to Dmitri Turevski for the chess problem database yacpdb and the py2web script.